title: Is the 2,3-carbon-carbon bond of indole really inert to oxidative cleavage by Oxone?--synthesis of isatoic anhydrides from indoles.
abstract: A recent report has indicated that the oxidizing agent Oxone does not possess the ability to cleave the 2,3-carbon-carbon bond of indole. Work in our laboratory shows that this is not the case. Indole and a variety of aryl ring substituted derivatives readily react to form synthetically important isatoic anhydrides.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, 1039 University Drive, Duluth, MN 55812, USA. pgrundt@d.umn.edu.
authors.forename: Amber C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Emily S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Kalinowski
authors.forename: Nikolas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Czerniecki
authors.forename: Taylor L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Jacobson
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Grundt